By: Ine Suh.  The Cato family was famous for its conservative roots in Roman politics  Cato the Elder and Cato the Younger are the most significant.

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 The Cato family was famous for its conservative roots in Roman politics  Cato the Elder and Cato the Younger are the most significant members of the family  They struggled to maintain order in Rome during various periods of the Roman Republic: rise, prosperity, and fall

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 Wrote the first history of Rome Origines in Latin  Believed Rome had been too lenient on the Carthaginians at the end of the Second Punic War  His embassy to Carthage in 153 BC confirmed this rival country’s prosperity as a threat to Rome

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Cato shows his fellow senators some plump Carthaginian figs to remind them that Carthage had become too prosperous and must be destroyed (Nardo 56).

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Ended all speeches in the Senate with “Delenda est Carthago” (Carthage must be destroyed) Cato the Elder

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 His warnings encouraged Rome to fight again 149 BC: Outbreak of the Third Punic War 146 BC: Romans killed Carthaginians and burned the city  Ruin of Carthage gave Rome full access over the Mediterranean Sea – became mare nostrum  Cato’s stance toward Carthage turned Rome into a mighty military power that dominated Europe and North Africa for five centuries

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 Fought against Caesar’s power and ruthless ambition  55 BC in Gaul Cato accused Caesar of war crimes  Attempted to destroy the triumvirate by making Pompey fight against Julius Caesar Fled to North Africa when Caesar defeated Pompey’s forces

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 Chose to die for his own principles rather than to live under Caesar’s rule  46 BC: Stabbed himself and died in the presence of his family in Utica  Cicero’s eulogy Cato – Cato the Younger considered a martyr to the ancient Republic Death of Cato of Utica by Charles Brun

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 Cato’s stance against tyranny and his famous suicide made him the icon of civic duty and sacrifice  Became a hero to those who idealized the dying Roman Republic: Romans were inspired by Cato the Younger and continued to oppose Caesar’s dictatorship  44 BC: Julius Caesar was assassinated in a conspiracy led by the hands of Brutus, Cato the Younger’s son-in-law

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